Personalis Announces Medicare Coverage for Ultrasensitive MRD Test in Breast Cancer
Medicare beneficiaries with stage II and III breast cancer, including the three major subtypes HR+/HER2-, HER2+ and triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), will now have coverage for recurrence monitoring with NeXT Personal for up to six years in the surveillance setting.
“This coverage allows us to expand access to the NeXT Personal test, supporting breast cancer patients who often live with the constant worry of cancer recurrence after treatment,” said
A study published in the Annals of Oncology this year involving patients with TNBC, HER2+, and HR+ breast cancers showed that NeXT Personal can detect very small traces of recurrent breast cancer from a blood test. In this study, NeXT Personal detected 100% of the patients who had breast cancer recurrence a median of ~15 months, and up to ~5 years, ahead of standard-of-care radiographic imaging. 100% of patients who tested negative with NeXT Personal throughout the study period remained disease-free.
“This is a major achievement for
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